Different power settings of LLLT on the repair of the calcaneal tendon

Photomedicine and Laser Surgery

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 663-668

  Neves, Marco Aurelio Invaldi ^a   Pinfildi, Carlos Eduardo ^a   Wood, Viviane Timm ^a   Gobbato, Rafael Corrêa ^a   Da Silva, Fabio Mendes ^a   Parizotto, Nivaldo Antônio ^b   Hochman, Bernardo ^a   Ferreira, Lydia Masako ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO CARLOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE MEASUREMENTS; COLLAGEN CONTENT; COLLAGEN FIBER; CONTROL GROUPS; ENERGY DENSITY; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; OUTPUT POWER; POWER SETTINGS; TENDON RUPTURES; TYPE I COLLAGEN;

ALUMINUM GALLIUM ARSENIDE; ANIMALS; LASER SURGERY; TENDONS;

COLLAGEN;

COLLAGEN;

ACHILLES TENDON; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DIODE LASER; DISEASE MODEL; INJURY; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MALE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RANDOMIZATION; RAT; RUPTURE; TENDON INJURY; WISTAR RAT;

ACHILLES TENDON; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; COLLAGEN; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; LASER THERAPY, LOW-LEVEL; LASERS, SEMICONDUCTOR; MALE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RUPTURE; TENDON INJURIES;

EID: 80053913089     PISSN: 15495418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/pho.2010.2919     Document Type: Article

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